[CentOS] Hardware raid LSI Megaraid not working since Centos 6.6

Mon Jan 5 18:10:27 UTC 2015
John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>

On 1/5/2015 7:14 AM, Philippe BOURDEU d'AGUERRE wrote:
>
> Since Centos 6.6 update (kernel 2.6.32-504), the controller doesn't 
> initialize at boot. Reverting to kernel 2.6.32-431 allows server to 
> boot fine. 

works here fine on the 9261, which is an OEM version of the same card 
with the connectors in a different orientation...  you might check your 
LSI firmware revision.

# uname -rv
2.6.32-504.1.3.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 11 17:57:25 UTC 2014

# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.6 (Final)

# dmesg |grep LSI
mpt2sas0: LSISAS2008: FWVersion(14.00.01.00), ChipRevision(0x03), 
BiosVersion(07.27.00.00)
scsi 0:0:1:0: Enclosure         LSI CORP SAS2X28          0717 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
scsi1 : LSI SAS based MegaRAID driver
scsi 1:0:8:0: Enclosure         LSI CORP SAS2X36          0717 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
scsi 1:2:0:0: Direct-Access     LSI      MR9261-8i        2.12 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
scsi 1:2:1:0: Direct-Access     LSI      MR9261-8i        2.12 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
scsi 1:2:2:0: Direct-Access     LSI      MR9261-8i        2.12 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5

# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -ShowSummary -aAll

System
         Operating System:  Linux version 2.6.32-504.1.3.el6.x86_64
         Driver Version: 06.803.01.00-rh1
         CLI Version: 8.02.16

Hardware
         Controller
                  ProductName       : LSI MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i(Bus 0, Dev 0)
                  SAS Address       : 500605b003bbef10
                  FW Package Version: 12.12.0-0046
                  Status            : Need Attention
         BBU
                  BBU Type          : iBBU
                  Status            : Remaining Capacity is Low
         Enclosure
                  Product Id        : SAS2X36
                  Type              : SES
                  Status            : OK

                  Product Id        : SGPIO
                  Type              : SGPIO
                  Status            : OK
......


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